File protector and sheath



A. T.-BUTLER.

FILE PROTECTOR AND SHEATH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 19 20.

Patented Sept. 20,1921.

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.A ARON T. BUTLER, OF LINTON, INDIANA,

, FILE rno'rnc'ron AND SHEATH.

Application filed November 4, 1920. Serial No. 421,613.

Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FileProtectors and Sheaths, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to improvements in file protectors and moreparticularly to a protector designed to keep the idle edge or side ofthe file free from dust, dirt and other foreign matter and which isreadily removitible and changeable from side to side of the The mainobject of my invention is to provide means to protect the idle side of afile when the same is being used and at the same time permit the file tobe quickly changed so that either side will be available for use by theoperator.

, A. still further object of the invention is to provide an improvedhandle which in addition to facilitating manipulation of the file servesas a means to retain the protector in place.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sheath or holder for thereception of the file and protector.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will becomeapparent during the continuance of the following description.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a view in top plan of the improvedprotector with the file in position.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation showing the file in place inconnection with the protector and the handle arranged on the file.

Fig. 3 is a view in bottom plan showing the entire device assembled.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, 10 designates the body of theprotector which is formed of metal and which has its longi tudinal edgesupturned to form flanges 11. The front end of the body portion 10 isalso bent upwardly and turned inwardly as at 12 so as to form a socketfor the reception of one end of the file. The portion 12may be solderedor otherwise secured to the adjacent portion of the flanges 11.

At its rear end the body portion 10 extends slightly beyond the point atwhich the flanges l1 terminate and the corners of the extended portionare bent upwardly to form lips 13 and an opening 14 therebetween for thereception of the shank of the file as will be hereinafter described. I

When the file-15 is in position its forward end lies in a socket formedby the inturned portion 12 and the adjacent portion of the flanges 11while the lips 13 bear against the shoulders 16 at the other end of thefile and the shank 17 lies in the opening 14.

The handle portion 17 may be formed of wood or other suitable ordesirable material, and is provided with a central longitudinal openingor socket 18 for the reception'of the shank 17 of the file. Adjacent themouth of the opening 18 the handle is provided with an extension 19which when in place lies beneath the body portion 10 of the protectorand firmly retains the same in position about the file 15. The extensionis tapered toward the free end and the sides are slightly beveled as at20 for the purpose that will presently appear.

The sheath 21 which receives the file and protector may be formed from asingle sheet of material whose longitudinal edges are bent as at 22 andwhose end portion is bent as at 23. The other end of the sheath remainsopen and adjacent this opening, the portions 22 are cut away as at 24 toform a substantially wedge shaped opening. Consequently, when the fileand protector are in place within the sheath, the extension 19 of thehandle 17 fits the wedge-shaped opening, the beveled edges 20 of theextension overlying and firmly retaining the adjacent edges of theportions 22 of the sheath. This arrangement provides for a complete andcompact structure.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, the combination with a file having a shank, a protectorcomprising a bodyportion' having its longitudinal edges upturned to formflanges, one end of said body portion being upturned and bent inwardlyto form a socket, the other end of said body being provided withupstanding lips in spaced relation to each other, said body portionbeing adapted to receive said file, said shank projecting between saidlips, a handle portion having an opening to receive said shank, andmeans on Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921;

a of said file, a body portion adapted to receive said file and coverone side thereof,

longitudinal flanges formed at the longitudinal edges of said bodyportion of less height than the thickness of said file, a Socket formedat one end of said body portion to receive the adjacent end of saidfile,

upstanding lipsformed at the other end of said body portion and abuttingthe shoulders of Said file adjacent said shank, a handle portion havingan opening 1 to receive saidshank, an extension on said bodyportionengaging'the outer face of said body portion, said extension taperingtoward its free end and being beveled along :its longitudinal edgestoward its inner face, and a removable sheath adapted to receive saidfile and said body portion and including means to cooperate'with thebeveled edges of said extension substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

Witnesses:

JNo. C. CRAVENS, FRED L. CRAvENs.

V AARON T.VBUTLER. V

